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==Parent topics== | ==Parent topics== | ||
{{r|World War II}} | |||
{{r|Naval warfare}} | |||
{{r|Imperial Japanese Navy}} | |||
{{r|United States Navy}} | |||
==Subtopics== | ==Subtopics== | ||
===Personalities=== | |||
====United States==== | |||
{{r|George C. Marshall}} | |||
{{r|Douglas MacArthur}} | |||
{{r|Chester Nimitz}} | |||
====Japan==== | |||
{{r|Hirohito}} | |||
{{r|Mineichi Koga}} | |||
{{r|Hideki Tojo}} | |||
{{r|Isoroku Yamamoto}} | |||
===Doctrine=== | |||
{{r|Aircraft carrier}} | |||
{{r|Battleship}} | |||
{{r|Island hopping}} | |||
{{r|Earl Ellis||**}} | |||
{{r|Kamikaze}} | |||
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===Organization=== | |||
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{{r|United States Pacific Command}} | |||
{{r|United States Third Fleet||**}} | |||
{{r|United States Fifth Fleet||**}} | |||
{{r|Southwest Pacific Area}} | |||
{{r|United States Seventh Fleet||**}} | |||
===Operations=== | |||
====1941-1942==== | |||
{{r|Battle of Pearl Harbor}} | |||
{{r|Japanese capture of the Philippines}} | |||
{{r|Wake Island}} | |||
{{r|Doolittle Raid}} | |||
{{r|Battle of the Coral Sea}} | |||
{{r|Guadalcanal campaign}} | |||
{{r|Battle of Midway}} | |||
====1944-1945==== | |||
{{r|Battle of Saipan}} | |||
{{r|Philippines counteroffensive}} | |||
{{r|Battle of the Philippine Sea||**}} | |||
{{r|Battle of Leyte Gulf||**}} | |||
{{r|Cabanatuan||**}} | |||
{{r|Battle of Iwo Jima}} | |||
{{r|Battle of Okinawa}} | |||
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Parent topics
- World War II [r]: (1931–1945) global war killing 53 million people, with the "Allies" (UK, US, Soviet Union) eventually halting aggressive expansion by the "Axis" (Nazi Germany and Japan). [e]
- Naval warfare [r]: The military history of the organized navies of the world from 300 BCE to the present. [e]
- Imperial Japanese Navy [r]: The part of the Japanese military responsible for naval warfare, 1868-1945 [e]
- United States Navy [r]: Branch of the U.S. armed forces] responsible for combat on, over, and under water. [e]
Subtopics
Personalities
United States
- George C. Marshall [r]: Army Chief of Staff (WWII), Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense (Korean War)and sponsor of the Marshall Plan. [e]
- Douglas MacArthur [r]: Senior U.S. Army commander in the Second World War, head of the Occupation of Japan, holder of the highest rank and highest honor for valor in the Army, yet relieved of command for insubordination [e]
- Chester Nimitz [r]: United States Navy admiral (1885-1966) who was Commander in Chief, Pacific and Pacific Ocean Areas in World War II [e]
Japan
- Hirohito [r]: The 124th and longest-reigning Emperor of Japan, 1926-89. [e]
- Mineichi Koga [r]: Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy; Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet March 1943-May 1944 (died in aircraft accident in April) [e]
- Hideki Tojo [r]: General of the Imperial Japanese Army and Prime Minister of Japan 1941-1944; Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (21 Feb 1944 - 18 Jul 1944); executed for war crimes in 1948 by order of the International Military Tribunal (Tokyo) [e]
- Isoroku Yamamoto [r]: Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy, Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet; planned the attack on Pearl Harbor although opposed to war with the United States; shot down and killed March 1943 [e]
Doctrine
- Aircraft carrier [r]: A warship designed to launch and recover combat aircraft and aircraft that support military operations [e]
- Battleship [r]: A heavily-armored, warship optimized for fighting other warships using large-caliber guns; certain armor requirements differentiated from cruisers; obsolete by end of World War II. [e]
- Island hopping [r]: U.S. strategic doctrine of World War Two in the Pacific, in which Japanese island bases were invaded only if their land was needed, but bypassed and blockaded if they simply needed to be neutralized [e]
- Earl Ellis [r]: U.S. Marine Corps officer who, in 1921, devised the fundamental strategic concept that would guide American operations in the Pacific during the Second World War [e]
- Kamikaze [r]: Suicide attacks, specifically by Japanese aircraft in the Second World War, against military targets [e]
- Underway replenishment [r]: A series of techniques, introduced in the Second World War, for keeping warships in constant operation by resupplying them at sea; challenging both in the pure seamanship of the transfer, and the logistical system that brings supplies to the ships [e]
Organization
- Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet [r]: Operational commander of main Imperial Japanese Navy forces in the Second World War [e]
- United States Pacific Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Southwest Pacific Area [r]: Second World War theater of operations under the command of Douglas MacArthur; major components included Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, the western Solomon Islands, and the Malay Peninsula and Singapore [e]
Operations
1941-1942
- Battle of Pearl Harbor [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Japanese capture of the Philippines [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wake Island [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Doolittle Raid [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of the Coral Sea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guadalcanal campaign [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of Midway [r]: Add brief definition or description
1944-1945
- Battle of Saipan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Philippines counteroffensive [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of Iwo Jima [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of Okinawa [r]: Add brief definition or description
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